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  • MEK Berlin  (9)
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  • 2015-2019  (9)
  • New York : Bloomsbury Academic  (9)
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  • 1
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    Blanket (2019)
    New York : Bloomsbury Academic
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    ISBN: 9781628922653
    Language: English
    Pages: xxii, 168 Seiten , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Object lessons
    Keywords: Blankets ; Philosophy: aesthetics ; Media studies ; PHILOSOPHY ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Blankets ; Bettdecke ; Geschichte
    Abstract: Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. We are born into blankets. They keep us alive and they cover us in death. We pull and tug on blankets to see us through the night or an illness. They shield us in mourning and witness our most intimate pleasures. Curious, fearless, vulnerable, and critical, Blanket interweaves cultural critique with memoir to cast new light on a ubiquitous object. Kara Thompson reveals blankets everywhere--film, art, geology, disasters, battlefields, resistance, home--and transforms an ordinary thing into a vibrant and vital carrier of stories and secrets, an object of inheritance and belonging, a companion to uncover. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in the The Atlantic
    Abstract: Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; A Note to the Reader; Preface: Convolute; Unfold 1; Chapter 1: Witness; Unfold 2; Chapter 2: Folds; Unfold 3; Chapter 3: Extraction; Unfold 4; Chapter 4: Security; Unfold 5; Chapter 5: Cover; Unfold 6; Chapter 6: Carriers; Unfold 7; Notes; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; List of Figures; Index
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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  • 2
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    Potato (2019)
    New York : Bloomsbury Academic
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    ISBN: 9781501344312
    Language: English
    Pages: 132 Seiten , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Object lessons
    DDC: 641.3/521
    Keywords: Potatoes History ; Potatoes Social aspects
    Abstract: Potato mother -- Global citizens -- The state of the potato -- Pleasure and responsibility -- Potato philosophy.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 3
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    Luggage (2018)
    New York : Bloomsbury Academic
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    ISBN: 9781501329296 , 1501329294
    Language: English
    Pages: 148 Seiten , Illustrationen , 17 cm
    Series Statement: Object lessons
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Harlan, Susan, author Luggage
    DDC: 685
    Keywords: Luggage History ; Luggage Humor ; Luggage Social aspects
    Abstract: "Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. You can't think about travel without thinking about luggage. And baggage has baggage. Susan Harlan's Luggage takes readers on a journey with the suitcases that support, accessorize, and tour with our globalized lives. The materials of travel--the suitcases, carry-on bags, totes, trunks, and train cases of the past and present--tell stories about displacement, home, gender, class, consumption, and labor. Luggage shapes travel, and the way it has shaped travel has changed over time. This book is an inquiry into bags as carefully curated microcosms of our domestic and professional lives. A suitcase contains more than you might think. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic."--
    Abstract: Luggage and secrets -- The language of luggage -- Packing -- My luggage -- Lost luggage: Alabama's unclaimed baggage center
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 4
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    Souvenir (2018)
    New York : Bloomsbury Academic
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    ISBN: 9781501329418
    Language: English
    Pages: xviii, 124 Seiten , Illustrationen , 16 cm
    Series Statement: Object lessons
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Potts, Rolf, author Souvenir
    DDC: 306.4/819
    Keywords: Tourism Social aspects ; Souvenirs (Keepsakes) ; Souvenirs (Keepsakes) Social aspects
    Abstract: Introduction: an embarrassment of Eiffel Towers -- Souvenirs in the age of pilgrimage -- Souvenirs in the age of Enlightenment -- Interlude: museums of the personal -- Souvenirs in the age of mechanical reproduction -- Souvenirs and human suffering -- Souvenirs and (the complicated notion of) authenticity -- Souvenirs, memory, and the shortness of life.
    Abstract: "or as long as people have traveled to distant lands, they have brought home objects to certify the journey. More than mere merchandise, these travel souvenirs take on a personal and cultural meaning that goes beyond the object itself. Drawing on several millennia of examples--from the relic-driven quests of early Christians, to the mass-produced tchotchkes that line the shelves of a Disney gift shop--travel writer Rolf Potts delves into a complicated history that explores issues of authenticity, cultural obligation, market forces, human suffering, and self-presentation. More than just objects, souvenirs are a personalized form of folk storytelling that enable people to make sense of the world and their place in it"--
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 5
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    Burger (2018)
    New York : Bloomsbury Academic
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    ISBN: 9781501329463
    Language: English
    Pages: 174 Seiten , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Object lessons
    RVK:
    LC 17000
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  • 6
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    Sock (2017)
    New York : Bloomsbury Academic
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    ISBN: 9781501315060
    Language: English
    Pages: 131 Seiten , Illustrationen , 17 cm
    Series Statement: Object lessons
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Adrian, Kim Sock.
    DDC: 687.3
    Keywords: Socks ; Socke
    Abstract: "A funny, lyrical, illuminating book on the rich and little known history of the humble sock, its various incarnations throughout the world, and on what socks teach us about the frailty and awkwardness of the human body"--
    Abstract: Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Socks, an Introduction -- 2. Origins of the Sock -- 3. To Turn a Heel -- 4. The Importance of Socks -- 5. Of Clocks and Diamonds, Wedges and Gores -- 6. Notable Socks -- 7. The Missing Sock -- Notes -- Index
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 7
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    Bread (2016)
    New York : Bloomsbury Academic
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    ISBN: 9781501307447
    Language: English
    Pages: 160 Seiten , Illustrationen , 17 cm
    Series Statement: Object lessons
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Shershow, Scott Cutler, 1953- author Bread
    DDC: 641.81/5
    Keywords: Bread Popular works
    Abstract: "Explores bread as both everyday object and as an object that has been invested throughout history with symbolic power and an astonishing variety of social, cultural and figural meanings"--
    Abstract: Machine generated contents note: -- Bread Book -- Bread Dance -- Bread Flower -- Bread Dread (1) -- Bread Breakings -- Bread Line -- Bread Dread (2) -- Bread / Dead -- Daily Bread -- Acknowledgements -- Notes
    Description / Table of Contents: Machine generated contents note:Bread Book -- Bread Dance -- Bread Flower -- Bread Dread (1) -- Bread Breakings -- Bread Line -- Bread Dread (2) -- Bread / Dead -- Daily Bread -- Acknowledgements -- Notes.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 8
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    Dust (2016)
    New York : Bloomsbury Academic
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    ISBN: 9781628925586
    Language: English
    Pages: xii, 129 Seiten , Illustrationen , 17 cm
    Series Statement: Object lessons
    DDC: 551.51/13
    Keywords: Dust ; Cosmic dust ; Allergens ; Sweeping and dusting ; Particles ; Staub ; Kosmischer Staub
    Note: Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 9
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    Hair (2016)
    New York : Bloomsbury Academic
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    ISBN: 9781628922868
    Language: English
    Pages: 140 Seiten
    Series Statement: Object lessons
    DDC: 391.5
    RVK:
    LC 14000
    Keywords: Hair Social aspects ; Hairstyles Social aspects ; Hairdressing Social aspects
    Abstract: "About how the manipulation of human hair holds fascinating symbolic meanings and provokes profound visceral impacts in all cultures of the world"--
    Abstract: Machine generated contents note: -- I. Introduction -- II. Biology of Hair -- III. Responses to It -- Removal -- Covered -- Uncut -- Manipulated -- Magical -- Hair Cutting as Civilization, Control, and Marker of Domination -- Hair and Mourning -- IV. Conclusions: What Does It All Mean? Index
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
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